Links below are to lessons from S.O.S. for Information Literacy. They contain lesson plans which we should look at and consider using for these topics. They are not the lesson plans we will necessarily end up with! This is just a starting point, and we would prefer to integrate our library lessons with academic classes.
Lower School Library Lessons Outline
September 14-18 (5th Grade in SS: Ancient Man)
- Introduction to Library Class: what do you think of when you think of "library"? Idea Web
- Introduction to Massachusetts Children's Book Award Program
- Introduction of teachers
- ORB Selection Handout:
- What Should I Read Next?
- Add to Fenn Daily, Friday Fenn, and FSL Blog
- Overview of Sua Sponte Grades-- Early morning Library drop-in
Library Back to School Ideas
September 21-25 (4th grade in Science: Tide Pools)
Introduction to OPAC - need to create a handout for this class
Library Shelf-Sorting Game Online
WORK IN PROGRESS
Links below are to lessons from S.O.S. for Information Literacy. They contain lesson plans which we should look at and consider using for these topics. They are not the lesson plans we will necessarily end up with! This is just a starting point, and we would prefer to integrate our library lessons with academic classes.
September 28-October 2
Use OPAC to locate a book in the library
OPAC Treasure Hunt
October 5-9
Intro. to New Library Layout
Physical tour of library/possible scavenger hunt/"mapping" the library
Oct 12-16
Introduction to New Library Layout, part 2
Oct 19-23
What are Keywords? Keyword Searching
21st Century Info. Literacies
KidsClick Lesson Plans on Keyword Searching - Good pace; some too young to use "as is"
Oct 26-30
Boolean Operators
21st Century Info. Literacies
Nov 2-6
Practicing Keyword searching with Boolean Operators, quotes, "-", etc...
21st Century Info. Literacies
Nov 9-13
Keyword Searching wrap-up ie Google Game
21st Century Info. Literacies
Nov 16-20
Evaluating Websites
21st Century Info. Literacies
Research Building Blocks: Examining Electronic Sources - ReadWriteThink
Nov 23-25 (Thanksgiving)
Bogus Website
Hoax Website
21st Century Info. Literacies
Nov 30-Dec 4
Website Authority, Authenticity
21st Century Info. Literacies
Dec 7-11
Evaluating Websites
21st Century Info. Literacies
Dec 14-18
Evaluating Websites
21st Century Info. Literacies
January-February
Documenting Sources
21st Century Info. Literacies
March
Primary & Secondary Sources
Exploring Reference Sources
21st Century Info. Literacies
April-May
ORB Project - voicethread project
Owly Lesson Plans from Andy Runton
Book Report Alternative Creating a New Book Cover - ReadWriteThink
Print Resources (FSL):
Wolf run: A Caribou Eskimo tale by James HoustonOther possible lessons:
Bridging Literature and Mathematics by Visualizing Mathematical Concepts- ReadWriteThink